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When was gold discovered?

It is believed that gold was the first metal known to man. One of the reasons for this is that gold is found in nature in its pure form - without impurities of other metals or rocks. The light yellow color and the brilliance of gold probably attracted the attention of an ancient person. This is not exactly known because it happened long before the appearance of the annals. Some of the earliest records of gold are associated with the treasures of European kings. These records are over 5500 years old.

The next mention of gold is associated with the ancient Assyrians, who in 2470 BC conquered neighboring countries and exported stolen gold. Greek and Roman kings also loved gold. They mined gold as best they could, exporting stolen gold from conquered countries and using slave labor in the mines.

In the Middle Ages, people so strongly desired to have gold that they even tried to find a way to turn other metals into gold. They mixed and melted many different metals, but could not find such a way.

Later, Spain sent many of its explorers to search for gold in all corners of the earth. The discovery of gold anywhere has always caused a large influx of people to that place. In California, gold was discovered in 1848, and in 1849 the so-called "gold rush" began here. The same thing happened when gold was discovered in Australia in 1851, in South Africa in 1886, in Alaska in 1896.

Author: Likum A.

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Relatively recently, by historical standards, on June 5, 1783, the French inventors brothers Joseph and Etienne Montgolfier demonstrated for the first time a model of a balloon filled with warm air. It was this day that began to be considered the beginning of the era of aeronautics - the first step on the long and thorny path of conquering the "fifth ocean" by man.

These balloons, hot air balloons, completely obeyed the will of the wind and first rose into the air without passengers. On September 19, 1783, it was not the inventor brothers themselves who went on the first "manned" flight, but a duck, a rooster and a ram.

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